liz: despite the fact that neither gaza nor israel produces oil in any major form; right? >> news driven market. doesn't really matter. it's all perception; right? i mean that's what drives markets more than anything else. it is emotion and perception. especially a market like oil. so, yeah, if they have an excuse to move the market, we will take it. liz: teddy weisberg, what emotions are you feeling today on the floor? we started off pretty well. we got good numbers for housing starts and then bernanke enters the picture. >> well, liz, i think they are trying -- you know, we had two decent days certainly yesterday. so perhaps they are due for a little rest here. but i think the bigger picture is that they're still in trouble. there's just simply too many unknowns out there. i mean, you know, unless you have a crystal ball and you are clairvoyant, i mean it's got to be really tough to dig in here and do anything positive with the market until some of these unknowns go away, flo mat -- no matter what the outcome. i don't think it necessarily has to be good or bad, we just n